-Carols on the radio and the family sings along -Laughter -MacDonald’s coffee steaming in the cup holder -Colored lights in the growing darkness -Soft talking between your parents in the front seat -They tell you it’s much longer than it probably is -You fall asleep to the sound of weather and carols on the crackling […]
Christmas Love
Fred’s dad was a troubled man. Because of his alcoholism the family lived in poverty. It would be easy to allow someone to be defined by their worst quality, but it would be a mistake. Here is a tought-provoking story I read in Fred’s biography: Perhaps my best Christmas was the one that seemed the […]
Hope is Alive
Jeswin Thomas Hope is alive in the world tonight It’s Christmas time again. The bell tower rings The organ sings And hope takes wings It’s Christmas time again. Hope is alive in the world tonight It’s Christmas time again. The home-fires glow Joys overflow And hope can grow It’s Christmas time again. Hope is alive […]
Christmas in the “Forest”
Last weekend here in Michigan the sky was clear and the temperatures were almost balmy. The neighborhood around Granville Cottage is called the Forest of Riverview because when they developed the subdivision they built the homes among the mature trees. Our small lot has over nine trees. All the streets are tree-lined. So Saturday and […]
Pastor Sears Christmas Gift
When I look into the eyes of our grand children my soul longs for peace on earth. Edmund Hamilton Sears was a New-England pastor who lived through the Civil War. As the horrifying conflict approached he used a phrase from the angelic announcement of Christ’s birth to appeal for peace among humankind. The theme is […]
By the Fire at Cracker Barrel
On the way home from getting our tree one Christmastime we stopped for lunch at Cracker Barrel. It was a cold day and we had been out looking for the tree so I paused to warm myself by the open fire. There was an older man standing there. We exchanged smiles. I said; “Let’s just […]